Keir Starmer backs stiff sentences for climate protesters who block roads

Labour leader also reaffirms pledge of no new oil or gas licences as activists cake King Charles waxwork

Keir Starmer has said he would continue with Tory plans for stiff sentences for climate protesters who block roads, despite reiterating Labour's pledge for no new oil and gas licences, as two Just Stop Oil activists caked a waxwork of King Charles.

Starmer's pledge to impose a moratorium on new oil and gas projects puts Labour policy in line with the demands of Just Stop Oil, whose supporters have been blocking roads and carrying out other protests in central London every day this month.